Lawrence chairs the Women In Film Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Women In Film, which since 1973 has advanced professional opportunities for women in the global entertainment marketplace, she supports Global Green and World Wildlife Fund to protect the environment and endangered species. She is an avid scuba diver.

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Charlotte, North Carolina
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Charlotte /ˈʃɑːrlət/ is the largest city in the state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Mecklenburg County and the second-largest city in the southeastern United States, just behind Jacksonville, Charlotte is the third-fastest growing major city in the United States. In 2014 the estimated population of Charlotte according to the U. S. Census Bureau was 809,958, the Charlotte metropolitan area ranks 22nd-largest in the U. S. and had a 2014 population of 2,380,314. The Charlotte metropolitan area is part of a sixteen-county market region or combined statistical area with a 2014 U. S. Census population estimate of 2,537,990, residents of Charlotte are referred to as Charlotteans. It is listed as a global city by the Globalization. Charlotte Douglas International Airport is an international hub, and was ranked the 23rd-busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic in 2013. Charlotte has a subtropical climate. The city is located several miles east of the Catawba River and southeast of Lake Norman, Lake Wylie and Mountain Island Lake are two smaller man-made lakes located near the city. The Catawba Native Americans were the first to settle Mecklenburg County and were first recorded in European records around 1567, by 1759 half the Catawba tribe had been killed by smallpox. At the time of their largest population, Catawba people numbered 10,000, Mecklenburg County was initially part of Bath County of New Hanover Precinct, which became New Hanover County in 1729. The western portion of New Hanover split into Bladen County in 1734, Mecklenburg County formed from Anson County in 1762. Further apportionment was made in 1792, with Cabarrus County formed from Mecklenburg and these areas were all part of one of the original six judicial/military districts of North Carolina known as the Salisbury District. The area that is now Charlotte was settled by people of European descent around 1755, Thomas Polk, who later married Thomas Spratts daughter, built his house by the intersection of two Native American trading paths between the Yadkin and Catawba rivers. One path ran north–south and was part of the Great Wagon Road, within decades of Polks settling, the area grew to become Charlotte Town, incorporating in 1768. The crossroads, perched atop the Piedmont landscape, became the heart of Uptown Charlotte, in 1770, surveyors marked the streets in a grid pattern for future development. The east–west trading path became Trade Street, and the Great Wagon Road became Tryon Street, in honor of William Tryon, the intersection of Trade and Tryon—commonly known today as Trade & Tryon, or simply The Square—is more properly called Independence Square. While surveying the boundary between the Carolinas in 1772, William Moultrie stopped in Charlotte Town, whose five or six houses were very ordinary built of logs, local leaders came together in 1775 and signed the Mecklenburg Resolves, more popularly known as the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. While not a declaration of independence from British rule, it is among the first such declarations that eventually led to the American Revolution

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American Broadcasting Company
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The network is headquartered on Columbus Avenue and West 66th Street in Manhattan, New York City. There are additional offices and production facilities elsewhere in New York City, as well as in Los Angeles and Burbank. Since 2007, when ABC Radio was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC originally launched on October 12,1943, as a radio network, separated from and serving as the successor to the NBC Blue Network, which had been purchased by Edward J. Noble. It extended its operations to television in 1948, following in the footsteps of established broadcast networks CBS, in the mid-1950s, ABC merged with United Paramount Theatres, a chain of movie theaters that formerly operated as a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. Leonard Goldenson, who had been the head of UPT, made the new television network profitable by helping develop, in 1996, most of Capital Cities/ABCs assets were purchased by The Walt Disney Company. The television network has eight owned-and-operated and over 232 affiliated television stations throughout the United States, most Canadians have access to at least one U. S. ABC News provides news and features content for radio stations owned by Citadel Broadcasting. In the 1930s, radio in the United States was dominated by three companies, the Columbia Broadcasting System, the Mutual Broadcasting System and the National Broadcasting Company. The last was owned by electronics manufacturer Radio Corporation of America, in 1938, the FCC began a series of investigations into the practices of radio networks and published its report on the broadcasting of network radio programs in 1940. The report recommended that RCA give up control of either NBC Red or NBC Blue, at that time, the NBC Red Network was the principal radio network in the United States and, according to the FCC, RCA was using NBC Blue to eliminate any hint of competition. Once Mutuals appeals against the FCC were rejected, RCA decided to sell NBC Blue in 1941, the newly separated NBC Red and NBC Blue divided their respective corporate assets. Investment firm Dillon, Read & Co. offered $7.5 million to purchase the network, Edward John Noble, the owner of Life Savers candy, drugstore chain Rexall and New York City radio station WMCA, purchased the network for $8 million. Due to FCC ownership rules, the transaction, which was to include the purchase of three RCA stations by Noble, would require him to resell his station with the FCCs approval, the Commission authorized the transaction on October 12,1943. Soon afterward, the Blue Network was purchased by the new company Noble founded, Noble subsequently acquired the rights to the American Broadcasting Company name from George B. Meanwhile, in August 1944, the West Coast division of the Blue Network, both stations were then managed by Don Searle, the vice-president of the Blue Networks West Coast division. The ABC Radio Network created its audience slowly, the network also became known for such suspenseful dramas as Sherlock Holmes, Gang Busters and Counterspy, as well as several mid-afternoon youth-oriented programs. S. From Nazi Germany after its conquest, to pre-record its programming, while its radio network was undergoing reconstruction, ABC found it difficult to avoid falling behind on the new medium of television. To ensure a space, in 1947, ABC submitted five applications for television station licenses, the ABC television network made its debut on April 19,1948, with WFIL-TV in Philadelphia becoming its first primary affiliate

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NYPD Blue
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NYPD Blue is an American police procedural drama television series set in New York City, exploring the struggles of the fictional 15th Precinct detective squad in Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwines several plots involving an ensemble cast, the series was originally broadcast on the ABC network, debuted on September 21, 1993‚ and aired its final episode on March 1,2005. It was ABCs longest-running primetime one-hour drama series until Greys Anatomy surpassed it in 2016, in 1997, True Confessions, written by Art Monterastelli and directed by Charles Haid, was ranked #36 on TV Guides 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. Produced by 20th Century Fox and Steven Bochco Productions, film production took place in the greater Los Angeles area. The show did film in New York but only for shots that used New York landmarks. In the final season the show was filmed only in Los Angeles to save money, exterior shots of the 15th Precinct used the former 9th Precinct building on Fifth Street in New York City, also used for Kojak. Once it was demolished, the façade was recreated on a Los Angeles lot, the show was initially a vehicle for David Caruso. John Kelly was the character, and the first season revolved around him. Promo shots for the show depicted Caruso in the foreground and other first-season characters set off behind him, Season 2 saw the departure of John Kelly, and the show was thereafter built around an ensemble cast. His co-stars included Jimmy Smits as Det, Bobby Simone, Rick Schroder as Det. Danny Sorenson, and Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Det, John Clark, Jr. John Kelly and Andy Sipowicz are detectives in the 15th squad. Sipowicz is the partner but is an alcoholic who drinks on the job as well as off-duty. Kelly has an affection for his partner but becomes increasingly exasperated by Sipowiczs behavior. In addition to his alcoholism, Sipowicz is a negative, misogynist. In the pilot, Sipowicz is shot by a suspect he had attacked and humiliated earlier and this leads to his decision to sober up and save his job. While Sipowicz is recuperating, the lieutenant, Arthur Fancy, teams Kelly with a young cop from Anti-Crime. Kellys personal life is as frenetic as his professional life and he is reluctantly going through a divorce from his wife, Laura, and is embarking on an affair with a uniformed cop, Janice Licalsi. To complicate matters further, Licalsis police officer father is on the payroll of mob boss Angelo Marino, Licalsi, in an attempt to protect her father, has been ordered to do a hit on Kelly

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Head Start (program)
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The Head Start Act of 1981 expanded the program. The program was revised when it was reauthorized in December 2007, Head Start is one of the longest-running programs attempting to address the effects of systemic poverty in the United States by intervening to aid children. As of late 2005, more than 22 million children had participated, the current director of Head Start is Blanca Enriquez, who was appointed in 2015. Head Start began as part of President Lyndon B and its justification came from the staff of the Presidents Council of Economic Advisers. Stan Salett, civil rights organizer, national education policy advisor and creator of the Upward Bound Program, is credited with initiating the Head Start program. The Office of Economic Opportunitys Community Action Program launched Project Head Start as a summer program in 1965. The program was led by Dr. Robert Cooke, a pediatrician at Johns Hopkins University, and Dr. Edward Zigler and they designed a comprehensive child development program intended to help communities meet the needs of disadvantaged preschool children. The following year it was authorized by Congress as a year–round program, in 1968, Head Start began funding a television series that would eventually be called Sesame Street, operated by the Carnegie Corporation Childrens Television Workshop. Johnson started the War on Poverty shortly after President Kennedys assassination, the murder shook the nation, and Johnson attempted to gain public trust by passing legacy legislation during the subsequent months. Johnson received a briefing from Walter Heller, who informed Johnson of Kennedys poverty program. By March 1964, the legislation, now known as the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, had prepared for Congress. The legislation included training, educational, and service programs for communities, in 1969, Head Start was transferred to the Office of Child Development in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by the Nixon Administration. Today it is a program within the Administration for Children and Families in DHHS, programs are administered by local organizations and education agencies such as school systems. In the early years, some 700,000 children enrolled at a per-capita cost of $2,000 to $3,000, under the full-time program, enrollment dropped to under 400,000 by the early 1970s. Enrollment reached close to 1 million children by 2011, the Head Start Policy Council makes up part of the Head Start governing body. Policy Council must be composed of two types of representatives, parents of enrolled children and community representatives. At least 51% of the members of this group must be the parents of enrolled children. All parent members of the Policy Council must stand for election or re-election annually and this is done through their individual parent groups

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WRAL-TV
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WRAL-TV, channel 5, is a television station located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. The station is located at Capitol Broadcasting Company headquarters on Western Boulevard in West Raleigh, WRAL-TV is co-owned with Fox affiliate WRAZ and radio stations WRAL-FM, WCMC-FM, WDNC, and WCLY. WRAZs operations are co-located at WRAL-TVs studios, WRAL-TV is available on cable channel 3 in most of the Triangle, except in outlying areas of the market, where it is available on channel 5. It is also available on cable in portions of eastern areas of the state. The station has been affiliated with NBC since February 29,2016 and this is channel 5s second stint with NBC, it was affiliated with that network for six years at the stations inception. WRAL-TV began broadcasting on December 15,1956, the first program aired was the movie Miracle on 34th Street. A. WRAL was originally an NBC affiliate, taking that network from Durham-based WTVD, when WNAO-TV, the Triangles ABC affiliate, went dark at the end of 1957, WRAL shared ABC with WTVD until August 1,1962, when channel 5 took the ABC affiliation full-time. This was unusual for a two-station market, ABC was at the time the smallest and weakest of the three major networks, it would not be on par with NBC and CBS in terms of ratings or affiliated stations until the early 1970s. WRAL did continue to carry The Huntley-Brinkley Report until January 3,1967, WRAL also continued to carry My Three Sons for several years after that show switched to its eventual affiliate network of CBS. From 1960 until his election to the United States Senate in 1972 and his conservative commentaries were both controversial and popular with many viewers. In March 1985, WTVDs owner, Capital Cities Communications, purchased ABC, the CBS affiliation moved to WRAL-TV on August 4,1985. Within six months of the switch, WRAL-TV had become one of the strongest CBS affiliates in the country and it is one of the few stations in the country to have been a primary affiliate of all of the Big Three networks. In December 1989, WRAL was knocked off the air when an ice storm caused the collapse of the stations 2. Within hours, channel 5 cut a deal with the then-struggling Fayetteville independent station WKFT-TV, WKFT ran the entire WRAL schedule during this time. The stations new, stronger tower was activated on October 25,1990 and it was replaced in the late 1990s with fellow CBS affiliate WSEE-TV from Erie, Pennsylvania primarily because of preemptions of network programming due to ACC basketball. On January 15,2016, WRAL-TV announced that it would switch to NBC on February 29,2016, concurrently, CBS announced that the existing NBC station, Media General-owned and Goldsboro-licensed WNCN, would replace WRAL-TV as the Triangles CBS affiliate the same day. NBC, on the hand, took the line that an affiliation deal was a partnership. Goodmon saw the switch to NBC as a decision for the future

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Raleigh, North Carolina
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Raleigh is the capital of the state of North Carolina, the seat of Wake County in the United States. Raleigh is known as the City of Oaks for its oak trees. The city covers a area of 142.8 square miles. The U. S. Census Bureau estimated the population as 451,066 as of July 1,2015. It is also one of the cities in the country. The city of Raleigh is named after Sir Walter Raleigh, who established the lost Roanoke Colony in present-day Dare County, Raleigh is home to North Carolina State University and is part of the Research Triangle area, together with Durham and Chapel Hill. The Triangle nickname originated after the 1959 creation of the Research Triangle Park, located in Durham and Wake Counties, partway between the three cities and their universities. The Research Triangle region encompasses the U. S. Census Bureaus Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Combined Statistical Area, the Raleigh Metropolitan Statistical Area had an estimated population of 1,214,516 in 2013. Most of Raleigh is located within Wake County, with a small portion extending into Durham County. Raleigh is an example in the United States of a planned city. It was chosen as the site of the capital in 1788. The city was laid out in a grid pattern with the North Carolina State Capitol in Union Square at the center. Raleigh is home to cultural, educational, and historic sites. The Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Downtown Raleigh features three venues and serves as the home for the North Carolina Symphony and the Carolina Ballet. Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek is a large music amphitheater located in southeast Raleigh, one U. S. president, Andrew Johnson, was born in Raleigh. Bath, the oldest town in North Carolina, was the first nominal capital from 1705 until 1722, the colony had no permanent institutions of government until the establishment at the new capital New Bern in 1743. In December 1770, Joel Lane successfully petitioned the North Carolina General Assembly to create a new county, on January 5,1771, the bill creating Wake County was passed in the General Assembly. The county was formed from portions of Cumberland, Orange, the county gets its name from Margaret Wake Tryon, the wife of Governor William Tryon

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Needham B. Broughton High School
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Broughton High School, commonly known as Broughton High School, is one of the flagship schools of the Wake County Public School System. It is located at 723 St. Marys Street, Raleigh, North Carolina, Broughton was named after the Raleigh businessman and politician, Needham B. Broughton, who contributed much to the schools of the area. Broughton was ranked 690th in Newsweeks list of the top United States schools in 2007 and it runs on a 4x4 modified block schedule. Broughton is known for its castle-like stone facade and tall bell tower, the architect was William Henley Deitrick, FAIA. Broughton High School was established in 1929 as then-Raleigh High School and it is the oldest high school in Raleigh still being used. It offers over 25 Advanced Placement courses to challenge the upper tier of its students, the school offers four foreign languages, French, German, Mandarin and Spanish. Broughton has produced eight University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Morehead-Cain Scholars, broughtons sports teams play under the name Capitals, sometimes shortened to Caps. The school has 18 varsity teams compete with other 4A schools in the Cap-8 Conference. Broughtons main sports facilities are the 3, 000-seat Capital Stadium, in 2013, Broughton finished second in the Under Armor Finding Undeniable competition, which is a $140,000 prize toward a high school athletic program. Broughtons historical rival is William G. Enloe High School, Broughton strives to produce strong academic and athletic programs, and have a strong arts program. It has a well known band, orchestra, and chorus, the Carolina Spirit show choir was known as the top show choir in the country during the 1990s, winning six consecutive Showstoppers National/International Championships. In 2007 the drama department, led by Bill Hagen, created a production of Lorraine Hansberrys 1959 Broadway play A Raisin in the Sun, broughtons award-winning band program has attended the 2008 and 2012 Tournament of Roses Parades. The 186 member band was one of fifteen bands selected to participate for the 2008 parade and they are the first Raleigh band and the fourth North Carolina band to be invited. They were invited to march at the Inaugural Parade for N. C, the Jazz I group also performed for President Barack Obama during his visit to Raleigh on July 29,2009. The band is under the direction of Ms. Margie Harrison who took over after Jeffery Richardson retired in 2012 after 34 years in charge, broughtons orchestra program is under the direction of Mr. Greg Logan. Broughton has a strong program that includes the annual yearbook. The yearbook is named the Latipac which is Capital spelled backwards, the 30-some member staff works around the clock all year to publish the Latipac and distribute it to students each May

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, also known as UNC, or simply Carolina, is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. It is one of the 17 campuses of the University of North Carolina system, the first public institution of higher education in North Carolina, the school opened its doors to students on February 12,1795. The university offers degrees in over 70 courses of study through fourteen colleges, in 1952, North Carolina opened its own hospital, UNC Health Care, for research and treatment, and has since specialized in cancer care. The schools students, alumni, and sports teams are known as Tar Heels, the campus covers 729 acres of Chapel Hills downtown area, encompassing the Morehead Planetarium and the many stores and shops located on Franklin Street. Students can participate in over 550 officially recognized student organizations, the student-run newspaper The Daily Tar Heel has won national awards for collegiate media, while the student radio station WXYC provided the worlds first internet radio broadcast. North Carolina is one of the members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Competing athletically as the Tar Heels, North Carolina has achieved success in sports, most notably in mens basketball, womens soccer. As a result, Womans College was renamed the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, in 1955, UNC Chapel Hill officially desegregated its undergraduate divisions. During World War II, UNC Chapel Hill was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which offered students a path to a Navy commission, during the 1960s, the campus was the location of significant political protest. Prior to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, protests about local racial segregation which began quietly in Franklin Street restaurants led to mass demonstrations, the climate of civil unrest prompted the 1963 Speaker Ban Law prohibiting speeches by communists on state campuses in North Carolina. The law was criticized by university Chancellor William Brantley Aycock and university President William Friday. A group of UNC Chapel Hill students, led by Student Body President Paul Dickson, filed a lawsuit in U. S. federal court, and on February 20,1968, the Speaker Ban Law was struck down. From the late 1990s and onward, UNC Chapel Hill expanded rapidly with a 15% increase in student population to more than 28,000 by 2007. Professor Oliver Smithies was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2007 for his work in genetics, additionally, Aziz Sancar was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2015 for his work in understanding the molecular repair mechanisms of DNA. The current chancellor is Carol Folt, the first woman to hold the post, UNC Chapel Hills 729-acre campus is dominated by two central quads, Polk Place and McCorkle Place. Adjacent to Polk Place is a sunken brick courtyard known as the Pit where students will gather, the Morehead–Patterson Bell Tower, located in the heart of campus, tolls the quarter-hour. In 1999, UNC Chapel Hill was one of sixteen recipients of the American Society of Landscape Architects Medallion Awards and was identified as one of 50 college or university works of art by T. A, gaines in his book The Campus as a Work of Art. The universitys campus is divided into three regions, usually referred to as north campus, middle campus, and south campus

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Cabaret (musical)
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Cabaret is a musical based on a book written by Christopher Isherwood, with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The 1966 Broadway production became a hit, inspiring numerous subsequent productions in London and New York and it is based on John Van Drutens 1951 play I Am a Camera, which was adapted from the short novel Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood. A sub-plot involves the doomed romance between German boarding house owner Fräulein Schneider and her elderly suitor Herr Schultz, a Jewish fruit vendor, overseeing the action is the Master of Ceremonies at the Kit Kat Klub. The club serves as a metaphor for ominous political developments in late Weimar Germany, Prince commissioned Joe Masteroff to work on the book. When Prince and Masteroff agreed that Wilsons score failed to capture the essence of late-1920s Berlin, John Kander, the new version was initially a dramatic play preceded by a prologue of songs describing the Berlin atmosphere from various points of view. Isherwoods original characters were changed as well, the musical ultimately expressed two stories in one, the first a revue centered on the decadence of the seedy Kit Kat Klub, the second a story set in the society of the club. After seeing one of the last rehearsals before the company headed to Boston for the pre-Broadway run, in Boston, Jill Haworth struggled with her characterization of cabaret performer Sally Bowles. Critics thought the blonde dressed in a white dress suggested senior prom more than tawdry nightclub, princes staging was unusual for the time. As the audience filled the theater, the curtain was already up, revealing a stage containing nothing, There was no overture, instead, a drum roll and cymbal crash led into the opening number. Replacements later in the run included Anita Gillette and Melissa Hart as Sally, Ken Kercheval and Larry Kert as Cliff, in addition, John Serry Sr. performed as the orchestral accordionist. The 1967-1968 US national tour featured Melissa Hart, Signe Hasso, the tour included the Shubert Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut in December 1967, the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, Cleveland, Ohio, Baltimore, Maryland, and Atlanta, Georgia. In 1986, the show was revived in London at the Strand Theatre starring Kelly Hunter as Sally, Peter Land as Cliff and Wayne Sleep as the Emcee, the first Broadway revival opened on October 22,1987, with direction and choreography by Prince and Field. The revival opened at the Imperial Theatre, eventually transferring to the Minskoff to complete its 261-performance run, the song Dont Go was added for Cliffs character. In 1993, Sam Mendes directed a new production of the show for the Donmar Warehouse in Londons West End and it starred Jane Horrocks as Sally, Adam Godley as Cliff, Alan Cumming as the Emcee and Sara Kestelman as Fräulein Schneider. Cumming received an Olivier Award nomination for his performance and Kestelman won the Olivier for Best Supporting Performance in a Musical, Mendes conception was very different from either the original production or the conventional first revival. The most significant change was the character of the Emcee, the role, as played by Joel Grey in both prior incarnations, was an asexual, edgy character dressed in a tuxedo with rouged cheeks. Alan Cummings portrayal was highly sexualized, as he wore suspenders around his crotch, staging details differed as well, instead of Tomorrow Belongs To Me being performed by a male choir, the Emcee plays a recording of a boy soprano singing it. In the final scene, the Emcee removes his clothes to reveal a striped suit of the type worn by the internees in concentration camps, on it are pinned a yellow badge

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Fiddler on the Roof
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Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia in 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters and other tales by Sholem Aleichem, the story centers on Tevye, the father of five daughters, and his attempts to maintain his Jewish religious and cultural traditions as outside influences encroach upon the familys lives. The original Broadway production of the show, which opened in 1964, had the first musical theatre run in history to surpass 3,000 performances, Fiddler held the record for the longest-running Broadway musical for almost 10 years until Grease surpassed its run. It remains Broadways sixteenth longest-running show in history, the production was extraordinarily profitable and highly acclaimed. It won nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, score, book, direction and it spawned five Broadway revivals and a highly successful 1971 film adaptation, and the show has enjoyed enduring international popularity. It is also a popular choice for school and community productions. It is also influenced by Life Is with People, by Mark Zborowski, Aleichem wrote a dramatic adaptation of the stories that he left unfinished at his death, but which was produced in Yiddish in 1919 by the Yiddish Art Theater and made into a film in the 1930s. In the late 1950s, a based on the stories, called Tevye. Rodgers and Hammerstein and then Mike Todd briefly considered bringing this musical to Broadway, investors and some in the media worried that Fiddler on the Roof might be considered too Jewish to attract mainstream audiences. Other critics considered that it was too culturally sanitized, middlebrow and superficial, Philip Roth, writing in The New Yorker, for example, it portrays the local Russian officer as sympathetic, instead of brutal and cruel, as Sholom Aleichem had described him. Aleichems stories ended with Tevye alone, his dead and his daughters scattered, at the end of Fiddler, the family members are alive. The show found the balance for its time, even if not entirely authentic. Harold Prince replaced the original producer Fred Coe and brought in director/choreographer Jerome Robbins, the writers and Robbins considered naming the musical Tevye, before landing on a title suggested by various paintings by Marc Chagall that also inspired the original set design. Contrary to popular belief, the title of the musical does not refer to any specific painting, other cast members also had run-ins with Robbins, who reportedly abused the cast, drove the designers crazy strained the good nature of Hal Prince. Tevye, a poor Jewish milkman with five daughters, explains the customs of the Jews in the Russian shtetl of Anatevka in 1905, at Tevyes home, everyone is busy preparing for the Sabbath meal. His sharp-tongued wife, Golde, orders their daughters, Tzeitel, Hodel, Chava, Shprintze and Bielke, about their tasks. Yente, the matchmaker, arrives to tell Golde that Lazar Wolf, the wealthy butcher, a widower older than Tevye, wants to wed Tzeitel. The next two daughters, Hodel and Chava, are excited about Yentes visit, but Tzeitel is unenthusiastic, a girl from a poor family must take whatever husband Yente brings, but Tzeitel wants to marry her childhood friend, Motel the tailor

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Cheers
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Cheers is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from September 30,1982 to May 20,1993, with a total of 270 half-hour episodes spanning over eleven seasons. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions in association with Paramount Network Television, the show was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles. The show is set in a bar named Cheers in Boston, Massachusetts, where a group of locals meet to drink, relax, the shows main theme song, written and performed by Gary Portnoy lent its famous refrain Where Everybody Knows Your Name as the shows tagline. After premiering on September 30,1982, it was canceled during its first season when it ranked almost last in ratings for its premiere. Cheers, however, eventually became a highly rated show in the United States, earning a top-ten rating during eight of its eleven seasons. The show spent most of its run on NBCs Thursday night Must See TV lineup and its widely watched series finale was broadcast on May 20,1993, and the shows 270 episodes have been successfully syndicated worldwide. Nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series for all eleven of its seasons on the air, the character Frasier Crane was featured in his eponymous spin-off show, which aired until 2004 and included guest appearances by virtually all of the major and minor Cheers characters. During its run, Cheers became one of the most popular series of all time and has received critical acclaim. In 1997, the episodes Thanksgiving Orphans and Home Is the Sailor, aired originally in 1987, were respectively ranked No.7, in 2002, Cheers was ranked No.18 on TV Guides 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time. In 2013, the Writers Guild of America ranked it as the eighth best written TV series, before the Cheers pilot Give Me a Ring Sometime was completed and aired in 1982, the series originally consisted of four employees in the first script. Neither Norm Peterson nor Cliff Clavin, regular customers of Cheers, were featured, in later years, Woody Boyd replaces Coach, who dies off-screen in season four to account for actor Nicholas Colasantos death. Frasier Crane starts as a character and becomes a permanent character. In season six, they added a new character Rebecca Howe, Lilith Sternin starts as a one-time character in an episode of season four, Second Time Around. After she appears in two episodes in five, she becomes a recurring character, and later featured as a permanent one for season ten. Ted Danson portrays Sam Malone, a bartender and an owner of Cheers, before the series began, he was a baseball relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox nicknamed Mayday Malone until he became an alcoholic, harming his career. He has an on-again, off-again relationship with Diane Chambers, his class opposite, during their off-times, Sam has flings with many not-so-bright sexy women, yet fails to pursue a meaningful relationship and fails to seduce other women, such as intellectuals. After Diane is written out of the series, he tries to pursue Rebecca Howe, at the end of the series, he is still unmarried and recovering from sexual addiction with a help of Dr. Robert Suttons group meetings, advised by Frasier. Shelley Long portrays Diane Chambers, an academic, sophisticated graduate student, in the pilot Diane is abandoned by her fiancé, leaving her without a job, a man, or money

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Star Trek: Voyager
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Star Trek, Voyager was an American science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. The series takes place during the years 2371 to 2378 and it follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS Voyager, which becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant while searching for a renegade Maquis ship. Voyager has to make the estimated 75-year journey home, Voyager was produced for seven seasons, from 1995 to 2001, and is the first and only Star Trek TV series with a female captain, Kathryn Janeway, as the lead character. Berman served as executive producer in charge of the overall production for the series during its entire run. He was assisted by a second in command executive producer who generally functioned as the day-to-day showrunner, four were used throughout the series run, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor, Brannon Braga, and Kenneth Biller. Star Trek, Voyager aired on UPN and was the networks second-longest running series, some streaming services also show the pilot as a single episode rather than splitting it up into two parts. As Star Trek, The Next Generation ended, Paramount Pictures wanted to continue to have a second Star Trek TV series to accompany Star Trek, the studio also planned to start a new television network, and wanted the new series to help it succeed. This was reminiscent of Paramounts earlier plans to launch its own network by showcasing Star Trek, Phase II in 1977. Initial work on Star Trek, Voyager began in 1993, when the seventh and final season of Star Trek, The Next Generation, Voyager was shot on the stages The Next Generation had used, and where the Voyager pilot Caretaker was shot in September 1994. Costume designer Robert Blackman decided that the uniforms of Voyagers crew would be the same as those on Deep Space Nine, Star Trek, Voyager was the first Star Trek series to use computer-generated imagery, rather than models, for exterior space shots. SeaQuest DSV and Babylon 5 had previously used CGI to avoid the expense of models, amblin Imaging won an Emmy for Voyagers opening CGI title visuals, but the weekly episode exteriors were captured with hand-built miniatures of Voyager, its shuttlecraft, and other ships. This changed when Voyager went fully CGI for certain types of shots midway through season three, Foundation Imaging was the studio responsible for special effects during Babylon 5s first three seasons. Season threes The Swarm was the first episode to use Foundations effects exclusively, Star Trek, Deep Space Nine began using Foundation Imaging in conjunction with Digital Muse one year later. In its later seasons, Voyager featured visual effects from Foundation Imaging, the digital effects were produced at television resolution and therefore the series cannot be re-released in HD format without re-creating the special effects. In the pilot episode, Caretaker, USS Voyager departs the Deep Space Nine space station on a mission into the treacherous Badlands. They are searching for a ship piloted by a team of Maquis rebels, which Voyagers security officer. There, Voyager finds the Maquis ship, and eventually the two reluctantly agree to join forces to survive their journey home. Chakotay, leader of the Maquis group, becomes Voyagers first officer, BElanna Torres, a half-human/half-Klingon Maquis, becomes chief engineer

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Steven Bochco
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Steven Ronald Bochco is an American television producer and writer. He has developed a number of series, including Hill Street Blues, L. A. Law, Doogie Howser, M. D. Bochco was born as a baby, to a Jewish family in New York City, the son of Mimi, a painter, and Rudolph Bochco and he was educated in Manhattan at the High School of Music and Art. His elder sister is actress Joanna Frank, in 1961, he enrolled at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh to study playwriting and theater. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater in 1966 and he wrote the story and teleplay for Columbo, Murder by the book and the teleplay only for several other episodes. He wrote the screenplay for the 1968 television movie The Counterfeit Killer and worked on Silent Running and he left Universal in 1978 to go to MTM Enterprises where he had greater scope for producing. His first effort there was the short-lived CBS police drama Paris and he achieved major success for NBC with the police drama Hill Street Blues. It ran from 1981 to 1987 and Bochco was credited as co-creator and also wrote, the series also garnered considerable critical acclaim and many awards, and was nominated for a total of 98 Emmy Awards throughout its run. Bochco was fired from MTM in 1985 following the failure of Bay City Blues, Bochco moved to 20th Century Fox where he co-created and produced L. A. Law which aired on NBC. This series was widely acclaimed and a regular award winner. Hooperman was part of a deal with ABC in 1987 to create and produce ten new television series. From this deal came Doogie Howser, M. D. and 1990s Cop Rock and it was one of his most high-profile failures. In 1992, Bochco created a television series, Capitol Critters, along with Nat Mauldin. After a lull, Bochco co-created NYPD Blue with David Milch, other projects in this period that failed to take off include Murder One, Brooklyn South, City of Angels, Philly, and Over There. All five shows failed to match Bochcos earlier success though Murder One, in 2005, Bochco took charge of Commander in Chief which was the creation of Rod Lurie and brought in a new writing team. However, in spring 2006, he left the show because of conflicts with ABC, Bochco described his experience on the show as horrible. In 2006 Bochco produced a pilot ABC show, Hollis & Rae, yet another legal drama entitled Raising the Bar was produced for TNT, this time in partnership with David Feige, although it was cancelled in December 2009 during the second season. The network executives stay the same age and I keep getting older, when I was doing my stuff at NBC with Brandon and Hill Street, we were contemporaries, says Bochco

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NBC
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The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcast television network that is the flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. The network is part of the Big Three television networks, founded in 1926 by the Radio Corporation of America, NBC is the oldest major broadcast network in the United States. Following the acquisition by GE, Bob Wright served as executive officer of NBC, remaining in that position until his retirement in 2007. In 2003, French media company Vivendi merged its entertainment assets with GE, Comcast purchased a controlling interest in the company in 2011, and acquired General Electrics remaining stake in 2013. Following the Comcast merger, Zucker left NBC Universal and was replaced as CEO by Comcast executive Steve Burke, during a period of early broadcast business consolidation, radio manufacturer Radio Corporation of America acquired New York City radio station WEAF from American Telephone & Telegraph. Westinghouse, a shareholder in RCA, had an outlet in Newark, New Jersey pioneer station WJZ. This station was transferred from Westinghouse to RCA in 1923, WEAF acted as a laboratory for AT&Ts manufacturing and supply outlet Western Electric, whose products included transmitters and antennas. The Bell System, AT&Ts telephone utility, was developing technologies to transmit voice- and music-grade audio over short and long distances, the 1922 creation of WEAF offered a research-and-development center for those activities. WEAF maintained a schedule of radio programs, including some of the first commercially sponsored programs. In an early example of chain or networking broadcasting, the station linked with Outlet Company-owned WJAR in Providence, Rhode Island, AT&T refused outside companies access to its high-quality phone lines. The early effort fared poorly, since the telegraph lines were susceptible to atmospheric. In 1925, AT&T decided that WEAF and its network were incompatible with the companys primary goal of providing a telephone service. AT&T offered to sell the station to RCA in a deal that included the right to lease AT&Ts phone lines for network transmission, the divisions ownership was split among RCA, its founding corporate parent General Electric and Westinghouse. NBC officially started broadcasting on November 15,1926, WEAF and WJZ, the flagships of the two earlier networks, were operated side-by-side for about a year as part of the new NBC. On April 5,1927, NBC expanded to the West Coast with the launch of the NBC Orange Network and this was followed by the debut of the NBC Gold Network, also known as the Pacific Gold Network, on October 18,1931. The Orange Network carried Red Network programming, and the Gold Network carried programming from the Blue Network, initially, the Orange Network recreated Eastern Red Network programming for West Coast stations at KPO in San Francisco. The Orange Network name was removed from use in 1936, at the same time, the Gold Network became part of the Blue Network. In the 1930s, NBC also developed a network for shortwave radio stations, in 1927, NBC moved its operations to 711 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, occupying the upper floors of a building designed by architect Floyd Brown

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Betty White
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Betty Marion White Ludden is an American actress, with the longest television career of a female entertainer. She is known for her Emmy Award-winning roles as Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, the Writers Guild of America has included both sitcoms in its list of the 101 Best Written TV Series Of All Time. From 2010 to 2015, she starred as Elka Ostrovsky in the TV Land sitcom Hot in Cleveland, for which she has won two consecutive Screen Actors Guild Awards and she was nominated for an Emmy Award. In a career that has spanned more than 75 years, she has received eight Emmy awards in various categories and she also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, is a Television Hall of Fame inductee, and a Disney Legend. Betty Marion White was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on January 17,1922 and she has stated that Betty is her legal name and not a shortened version of Elizabeth. She is the child of Christine Tess, a homemaker, and Horace Logan White. Her paternal grandfather was Danish and her grandfather was Greek. Whites family moved to Alhambra, California and later to Los Angeles, to make extra money, her father would build radios and sell them wherever he could. Since it was the height of the Depression, and hardly anyone had a sizable income and she attended Horace Mann School Beverly Hills and Beverly Hills High School and aspired to become a forest ranger. However during this time women werent allowed to become rangers, instead, White pursued an interest in writing. She wrote and played the lead in a play at Horace Mann School. This is where she decided to become an actress, White made rounds to movie studios looking for work, but was always turned down because she was unphotogenic. So then she started to look for radio jobs where being photogenic did not matter and her first radio jobs included reading commercials and playing bit parts, and sometimes even doing crowd noises. She made about five dollars a show and she would do just about anything, like singing on a show for no money, or making an appearance on the local game show. White began her career in 1939, three months after high school graduation, when she and a classmate sang songs from The Merry Widow on an experimental Los Angeles channel. White found work modeling, and her first professional acting job was at the Bliss Hayden Little Theatre, Whites career was disrupted immediately, as World War II broke out, causing her to join the American Womens Voluntary Services. In the 1940s, she worked in radio, appearing on such as Blondie, The Great Gildersleeve. She then got her own show, called The Betty White Show

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Alfred Molina
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He starred as DDA / Detective Ricardo Morales on the NBC police/courtroom drama Law & Order, LA and as Roger opposite Dawn French in the BBC television sitcom Roger & Val Have Just Got In. Molina was born in Paddington, London and his father, Esteban Molina, was a Spaniard immigrant from Madrid who worked as a waiter and chauffeur. His mother, Giovanna, was an Italian house-keeper who cleaned rooms in a hotel, Molina grew up in a working class district in Notting Hill that was inhabited by many other immigrant families. Molina decided to become an actor after seeing Spartacus at the age of nine and he also auditioned and was accepted as a member of National Youth Theatre. Molina appeared with Leonard Rossiter in the sitcom The Losers, Molina made his film debut with a minor role in Raiders of the Lost Ark as Indiana Jones ill-fated guide, Satipo, during its iconic opening sequence. However, his big break came with Letter to Brezhnev, which he followed with a role in Prick Up Your Ears. He was originally cast as Arnold Rimmer in the TV sitcom Red Dwarf, in the early 1990s, Molina was a ubiquitous presence on British television, with his highest profile role being the lead in the first two series of El C. I. D. Subsequent film roles included Species, Dudley Do-Right, Chocolat, Not Without My Daughter, with a mid-western American accent, Molina starred alongside Betty White in the US television series Ladies Man, which ran from 1999–2001. He has worked twice with Paul Thomas Anderson, first in Boogie Nights, Molina gained wide recognition for his portrayal of Diego Rivera alongside Salma Hayek in the biopic Frida, a role for which he gained BAFTA and SAG award nominations. For the latter, Molina was nominated for a Satellite award as Best Supporting Actor and he reprised his role in the video game adaption. In 2006, Molina portrayed Touchstone in Kenneth Branaghs film version of Shakespeares As You Like It, Molina provided the voice of the villain Ares in the 2009 animated film Wonder Woman. Molinas stage work has included two major Royal National Theatre productions, Tennessee Williams The Night of the Iguana and David Mamets Speed-the-Plow, in his Broadway debut, Molina performed in Yasmina Rezas Tony Award-winning play Art, for which he received a Tony nomination in 1998. In 2004, Molina returned to the stage, starring as Tevye in the Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof, for his performance he once again received a Tony Award nomination, this time for Best Actor in a Musical. Molina received his third Tony Award nomination for Red in 2010, in 2007, Molina narrated a 17-part original audiobook for Audible. com called The Chopin Manuscript. This serialized novel was written by a team of 15 best-selling thriller writers, including Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child, Joseph Finder, the novel won the 2008 Audiobook Of The Year Award form Audio Publishers Association. On 1 April 2010, he opened at Broadways John Golden Theatre in the role of artist Mark Rothko in John Logans drama Red opposite Eddie Redmayne for a limited engagement through 27 June. He had played the role to critical success at the Donmar Warehouse in London in December 2009. In 2010 he starred opposite Dawn French in the six-part BBC sitcom Roger & Val Have Just Got In, in July 2010, it was announced that Molina had joined the cast of Law & Order, LA as Deputy District Attorney Morales

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Chicago (musical)
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Chicago is an American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. Set in Prohibition-era Chicago, the musical is based on a 1926 play of the name by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins about actual criminals. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice, the original Broadway production opened in 1975 at the 46th Street Theatre and ran for 936 performances until 1977. Bob Fosse choreographed the production, and his style is strongly identified with the show. Following a West End debut in 1979 which ran for 600 performances, Chicago was revived on Broadway in 1996, the Broadway revival holds the record as the longest-running musical revival and the longest-running American musical in Broadway history. It is the second longest-running show in Broadway history, behind only The Phantom of the Opera, having played its 7, 486th performance on November 23,2014, surpassing Cats. The West End revival ran for nearly 15 years, becoming the longest-running American musical in West End history, the 2002 film version of the musical won the Academy Award for Best Picture. In the early 1920s, Chicagos press and public became riveted by the subject of homicides committed by women, several high-profile cases arose, which generally involved women killing their lovers or husbands. These cases were tried against a backdrop of changing views of women in the Jazz age, a lore arose that, in Chicago, feminine or attractive women could not be convicted. The Chicago Tribune generally took a pro-prosecution hang-them-high stance, while presenting the details of these womens lives. Regardless of stance, the press covered several of these women as celebrities, Annan, the model for the character of Roxie Hart, was 23 when she was accused of the April 3,1924, murder of Harry Kalstedt. The Tribune reported that Annan played the foxtrot record Hula Lou over and over for two hours before calling her husband to say she killed a man who tried to love to her. She was found not guilty on May 25,1924, Velma Kelly is based on Gaertner, who was a cabaret singer, and society divorcée. The body of Walter Law was discovered slumped over the wheel of Gaertners abandoned car on March 12,1924. Two police officers testified that they had seen a woman getting into the car, a bottle of gin and an automatic pistol were found on the floor of the car. Gaertner was acquitted on June 6,1924, lawyers William Scott Stewart and W. W. OBrien were models for a composite character in Chicago, Billy Flynn. Watkins sensational columns documenting these trials proved so popular that she decided to write a play based on them, the show received both popular and critical acclaim and even made it to Broadway in 1926, running for 172 performances. DeMille produced a silent film version, Chicago, starring former Mack Sennett bathing beauty Phyllis Haver as Roxie Hart and it was later remade as Roxie Hart starring Ginger Rogers, but, in this version, Roxie was accused of murder without having really committed it

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CBS
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CBS is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation. The company is headquartered at the CBS Building in New York City with major facilities and operations in New York City. CBS is sometimes referred to as the Eye Network, in reference to the iconic logo. It has also called the Tiffany Network, alluding to the perceived high quality of CBS programming during the tenure of William S. Paley. It can also refer to some of CBSs first demonstrations of color television, the network has its origins in United Independent Broadcasters Inc. a collection of 16 radio stations that was purchased by Paley in 1928 and renamed the Columbia Broadcasting System. Under Paleys guidance, CBS would first become one of the largest radio networks in the United States, in 1974, CBS dropped its former full name and became known simply as CBS, Inc. In 2000, CBS came under the control of Viacom, which was formed as a spin-off of CBS in 1971, CBS Corporation is controlled by Sumner Redstone through National Amusements, which also controls the current Viacom. The television network has more than 240 owned-and-operated and affiliated stations throughout the United States. The origins of CBS date back to January 27,1927, Columbia Phonographic went on the air on September 18,1927, with a presentation by the Howard Barlow Orchestra from flagship station WOR in Newark, New Jersey, and fifteen affiliates. Operational costs were steep, particularly the payments to AT&T for use of its land lines, in early 1928 Judson sold the network to brothers Isaac and Leon Levy, owners of the networks Philadelphia affiliate WCAU, and their partner Jerome Louchenheim. With the record out of the picture, Paley quickly streamlined the corporate name to Columbia Broadcasting System. He believed in the power of advertising since his familys La Palina cigars had doubled their sales after young William convinced his elders to advertise on radio. By September 1928, Paley bought out the Louchenheim share of CBS, during Louchenheims brief regime, Columbia paid $410,000 to A. H. Grebes Atlantic Broadcasting Company for a small Brooklyn station, WABC, which would become the networks flagship station. WABC was quickly upgraded, and the relocated to 860 kHz. The physical plant was relocated also – to Steinway Hall on West 57th Street in Manhattan, by the turn of 1929, the network could boast to sponsors of having 47 affiliates. Paley moved right away to put his network on a financial footing. In the fall of 1928, he entered talks with Adolph Zukor of Paramount Pictures. The deal came to fruition in September 1929, Paramount acquired 49% of CBS in return for a block of its stock worth $3.8 million at the time

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Wolf Lake
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Wolf Lake is an American television series that originally aired on CBS. Wolf Lake follows a pack of werewolves living in a Seattle suburb, nine regular episodes were produced, but only five aired before the series was canceled, the full series later aired on UPN. The series is available on DVD, Seattle policeman John Kanin proposes marriage to his girlfriend, Ruby Wilder, and she accepts. However, as she gets into her car, she is attacked, the only thing Kanin finds of his now fiance, is a severed hand. He travels to her hometown of Wolf Lake to find some answers, however, his experiences there raise even more questions. What John doesnt know is that some of the inhabitants of Wolf Lake are actually werewolves, the werewolves, or the ones who survive the change, live on the Hill and enjoy special treatment, separated from the normal humans

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Gossip (2000 American film)
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Gossip is a 2000 American teen psychological thriller directed by Davis Guggenheim and featuring an ensemble cast including James Marsden, Lena Headey, Norman Reedus, and Kate Hudson. The movie takes place on a campus in the Northeastern United States. Derrick Webb, Cathy Jones, and Travis are students as well as roommates and they all take a Communications class with Professor Goodwin, in which the subject of gossip is brought up. For their final project, the three decide to start a rumor and track and see the results. One night while at a nightclub, they run into Naomi Preston and it is common knowledge through the campus that Naomi is saving her virginity for marriage. Jones in particular has a problem with Naomis wealth and sense of entitlement, furthermore, Naomi seems to have started a rumor about Jones having sex with Professor Goodwin. While at the party, Derrick meets a girl and brings her upstairs, at this point the girl becomes ill, Derrick then notices Beau and Naomi in the adjacent room kissing. Beau attempts to have sex with Naomi but is rejected, Derrick, Jones, and Travis proceed to begin a rumor that Naomi and Beau had sex. The story begins to vary wildly, first involving a threesome, James Marsden as Derrick Webb Lena Headey as Cathy Jones Norman Reedus as Travis Kate Hudson as Naomi Preston Eric Bogosian as Prof. Goodwin Edward James Olmos as Det. Curtis Joshua Jackson as Beau Edson Sharon Lawrence as Det, kelly Marisa Coughlan as Sheila Gossip received negative reviews from critics and currently holds a 28% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 65 reviews. The film opened at #12 at the North American box office making $2.3 million USD in its opening weekend, the film suffered a 59% decline in box office earnings the following week, descending to #17. Gossip at the Internet Movie Database Gossip at Rotten Tomatoes Gossip at AllMovie Gossip at Box Office Mojo

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The Alibi
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The Alibi is a 2006 American film written by Noah Hawley and directed by Matt Checkowski and Kurt Mattila. The film was released to DVD on December 5,2006 under the title Lies, a man who runs an alibi agency, a service for adulterous husbands and wives that provides airtight alibis, runs into trouble with his latest client. In order to remedy the problem, he has to rely on an enticing woman. The plot thickens when he switches identities with one of his clients for a weekend, with the police, an assassin, and a jealous ex-boyfriend to run from, he discovers that he will need all the ingenuity he can muster to survive

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Lorraine Toussaint
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Lorraine Toussaint is a Trinidadian-American actress and producer. Toussaint began her career in theatre before supporting performances in such as Breaking In, Hudson Hawk. Toussaint later appeared as a regular cast member in the NBC police procedural Crossing Jordan and she co-starred in the ABC fantasy-drama series Forever, and is currently co-starring in the Fox comedy-drama Rosewood. Toussaint received critical acclaim and an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her performance in the 2012 drama film Middle of Nowhere, written and she later played the role of Amelia Boynton Robinson in the 2014 historical drama film Selma, directed by Ava DuVernay. Toussaint was born in Trinidad and Tobago, in an interview she said, I grew up under the British system, which I think is horrific for children -- very, very strict -- a system that did not recognize children as being individuals. You were small animals earning the right to be human, childhood for me then felt extraordinarily powerless, and as an artistic child who learned in alternative ways, it was hell. A good child was a child, and I was a very, very, good child. Her mother was a teacher, and brought Toussaint to live in Brooklyn in the late 1960s, Toussaint graduated from Manhattans High School of Performing Arts in 1978. She then attended the Juilliard Schools drama division as a member of Group 11, where her classmates in 1982 included Megan Gallagher, Penny Johnson Jerald, Jack Kenny, Toussaint graduated from Juilliard with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. She then began her career as Shakespearean actress before tackling screen acting in television, Toussaint made her screen debut in 1983. In 1986 she played the role of widow of a man shot, Toussaint has made her film debut in the female lead role opposite Burt Reynolds in the crime comedy Breaking In. The film received reviews from critics, but flopped in box office. In 1991 she appeared opposite Bruce Willis in Hudson Hawk, and she also appeared in films Point of No Return, Mothers Boys, and Black Dog. She starred in show as Rene Jackson, a successful African-American lawyer, the series has received critical acclaim for Toussaints and Potts acting performances and writing, but never had big ratings. In 2001, Toussaint was a contender for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series category. She also was nominated five times for a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for her role, Any Day Now ended after four-season and 88 episodes. From 2002 to 2004, Toussaint had regular role of Dr. Elaine Duchamps in the NBC police procedural, in later years she guest-starred on Frasier, Judging Amy, The Closer, CSI, Crime Scene Investigation, ER, and NCIS. She also was regular opposite Holly Hunter in the TNT crime drama Saving Grace as Capt, kate Perry from 2007 to 2010

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Emayatzy Corinealdi
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Emayatzy Evett Corinealdi is an American actress. She is best known for her role in the Ava DuVernay film Middle of Nowhere. Corinealdi was born in Fort Knox, Kentucky, the daughter of Rosemarie Hilton and her father is a Panamanian, while her mother is an African-American from Ohio. As a member of a family, she was raised between Germany and the U. S. states of Ohio, Kansas, and New Jersey. She studied in New Jersey at the Actors Training Studio, then at the William Esper Studio in New York City, in 2012, she made her feature film debut as the lead in the drama Middle of Nowhere. Corinealdi won the 14th Annual American Black Film Festival Star Project, later that year, she won a Gotham Award for Breakthrough Actor for the film. She was also nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, in 2013 Corinealdi appeared in the short film The Door, part of Miu Mius fashion series Womens Tales, which reunited her with her Middle of Nowhere director Ava DuVernay. In 2014, Corinealdi was cast in the Amazon drama series Hand of God, later that year, she has won the role of Frances Taylor, the wife of Miles Davis in the biographical film Miles Ahead. Emayatzy Corinealdi at the Internet Movie Database

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Maisy Gibbons
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Desperate Housewives is an American comedy-drama series that aired on ABC. It focuses on the living on the fictional Wisteria Lane as narrated by their deceased neighbor. Specifically, the series follows four protagonists and Mary Alices friends, Susan Mayer, Lynette Scavo, Bree Van de Kamp, Desperate Housewives features an ensemble cast, which also includes the womens husbands, children, love interests, neighbors, and other acquaintances. The following are characters whose portrayer received Starring billing at any point of the series and they are sorted in the order in which they were introduced to the main cast, and not by episode count, screen time, or popularity. Zachary Zach Young is the son of Paul and Mary Alice. Zachs birth parents are Deirdre Taylor and Mike Delfino however, this, in season one, Zach is depressed by the sudden suicide of Mary Alice, so Paul puts him in a mental institution. During his stay, Julie sneaks in his room to speak with him but is asked to leave by a nurse, Zach later runs away and is found hiding in Julies room by Susan and Mike who take him home. He and Julie then start dating, Susan speaks to Paul about Julie and Zachs relationship and is irritated when she thinks he is laughing at her but he insists it will not be a problem as he and Zach will soon be moving away. Julie initially rebels against this but after Zach scares her at his pool party, in revenge, Zach blows her kitchen up before holding Susan hostage in the first season finale. Other tips to get a nearest plumber Miami Zach then goes into hiding and reappears in the season when Mike. Susan tells him that she wants to help until he says he hopes he, Susan, visibly shaken by this, suggests he go to Utah and find Paul and gives him money for the bus fare. Months later, after Felicia Tilman frames Paul for her murder, Paul begs Zach to ask his grandfather, Noah Taylor, for money to pay a lawyer, Noah refuses, telling Zach that he would not inherit his fortune because of Zachs supposed lack of bravery. Wanting to prove him wrong, Zach turns off Noahs respirator and finds that he has inherited a vast fortune, Zach moves to his grandfathers mansion. Zach reappears in season three as Gabrielles secret admirer, Zach unsuccessfully tries to impress Gabrielle with luxurious gifts and his wealth. After getting her drunk, Zach lets her believe that they had sex, Gabrielle then asks Carlos to scare Zach off, but before Carlos can confront Zach while at the urinal together, he accidentally sees that Zach has an extremely large penis. Carlos assures Gabrielle that if she had slept with Zach, she would remember, Zach proposes at Scavos Pizzeria but Gabrielle declines as she does not want a relationship with him. Zach returns in seven, shooting Paul at the end of the episode Down the Block Theres a Riot. He first appears as a delivery guy delivering flowers to Bree, later in the episode, a gun matching the one used to shoot Paul is found on Brees couch after Zach planted it there

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Desperate Housewives
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Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama and mystery series created by Marc Cherry, and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. It originally aired for eight seasons on ABC, from October 3,2004 to May 13,2012, executive producer Cherry served as showrunner. Other executive producers since the season included Bob Daily, George W. Perkins, John Pardee, Joey Murphy, David Grossman. The storyline covers 13 years of the womens lives over eight seasons, the series features an ensemble cast, headed by Teri Hatcher as Susan Mayer, Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo, Marcia Cross as Bree Van de Kamp, and Eva Longoria as Gabrielle Solis. Brenda Strong narrates the series as the late Mary Alice Young, appearing sporadically in flashbacks or dream sequences, Desperate Housewives was well received by viewers and critics alike. It won multiple Primetime Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards, from the 2004–05 through the 2008–09 television seasons, its first five seasons were rated amongst the top 10 most watched series. In 2012, it remained the most-watched comedy series based on data from Eurodata TV Worldwide. Moreover, it was the third-highest revenue earning series for 2010, the show placed #56 on Entertainment Weeklys New TV Classics list. In 2011, it was confirmed that Desperate Housewives would conclude after its eighth season, by the end of the series, it had surpassed Charmed as the longest running hour-long television series featuring all female leads by two episodes. The main mystery of the season is the suicide of Mary Alice Young. The second season premiered on September 25,2005, and its central mystery is that of new neighbor Betty Applewhite, Susans love life becomes even more complicated as her ex-husband Karl Mayer is engaged to Edie and is also started to incline towards Susan. Lynette goes back to her career in advertising while her husband Tom Scavo becomes a father, and Gabrielle decides to be faithful to Carlos. Paul is framed and sent to jail not for the murder he committed in the previous season, the third season premiered on September 24,2006. In the third season, Bree marries Orson Hodge, whose past, meanwhile, Lynette has to adjust to the arrival of Toms previously unknown daughter to the home. The Scavos also experience tension as Tom wants to start a pizzeria, Gabrielle goes through a rough divorce, but finally finds new love in Fairviews new mayor. After being run over by Orson in the season finale, Mike falls into coma. Edie sees her chance to make her move on Mike, Susan loses hope that Mikes memory will return and in the process moves on to a handsome Englishman whose wife is also in a coma, while her daughter Julie Mayer starts dating Edies nephew. Elderly neighbor Karen McCluskey hides something in her freezer, a shooting at the local grocery store leaves two characters dead and changes everyones lives forever

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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Law & Order, Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural, legal, crime drama television series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced. In the style of the original Law & Order, episodes are often ripped from the headlines or loosely based on crimes that have received media attention. Created and produced by Dick Wolf, the series premiered on NBC on September 20,1999, the show began its 18th season on September 21,2016, and has aired 404 original episodes as of April 5,2017. As the series progressed, additional supporting characters were added as allies of the detectives in the New York County Manhattan District Attorneys office, certain episodes will go into detail about detectives personal lives and how they may or may not tie into the crimes dealt with during the show. Typical episodes follow the detectives and their colleagues as they investigate and prosecute sexually based offenses, on February 1,2016, the series was renewed for an eighteenth season. The season premiered on Wednesday, September 21,2016 at 9 p. m. on NBC, the crime inspired Dick Wolf to write the story for the season one episode of Law & Order titled Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die. Even after writing the episode, however, the continued to haunt Wolf. The original title of the show was Sex Crimes, reflecting the nature of the crimes depicted on the show. Initially there was concern among the producers that, should Sex Crimes fail, additionally, Ted Kotcheff wanted to create a new series that was not dependent upon the original series for success. Wolf felt, however, that it was important and commercially desirable to have Law & Order in the title, the first episode, Payback, premiered on NBC on September 20,1999. Executive producer Neal Baer left Law & Order, SVU as show-runner at the end of twelve, after eleven years on the show. Baer was replaced by former Law & Order, Criminal Intent executive producer/showrunner Warren Leight, in March 2015 it was announced that Warren Leight signed a three-year deal with Sony Pictures Television, that will allow him to work on SVU one more season, its seventeenth. Leight joined the show in season thirteen and it was announced on March 10,2016 that original Law & Order veteran producer Rick Eid would take Leights place as showrunner/executive producer starting in season 18. Creator Dick Wolf commented to The Hollywood Reporter, Im extremely pleased that Rick had decided to rejoin the family and hope that he will be here for years to come. Many exterior scenes of Law & Order, Special Victims Unit are filmed on location in New York City, Wolfs home town, as the NYPD encounters varied law enforcement challenges on a daily basis, the backdrop provides the writers a supply of ideal locations from which to choose. When searching for a place to film the interiors of the show, the show moved into the studio space at Chelsea Piers that had been occupied by the original Law & Order series until its cancellation in May 2010. Fort Lee, New Jersey served as the location for Detective Elliot Stablers residence in Queens. The show originally aired on Monday nights at 9,00 p. m. ET for the first nine episodes, from September 20 through November 29,1999

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Boston Legal
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Boston Legal is an American legal dramedy created by David E. Kelley and produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for ABC. The series aired from October 3,2004, to December 8,2008, prior to the shows premiere, it had a working title of Fleet Street, an allusion to the real street in Boston where the fictitious Crane, Poole & Schmidt had its offices. The working title was modified to The Practice, Fleet Street. The real building shown as the law office is located at 500 Boylston Street,1.4 miles away from Fleet Street, the American producers of the series also hired British writer Sir John Mortimer, QC, as a consultant for Boston Legal. The shows pilot was produced with former The Practice stars James Spader and Rhona Mitra, guest stars William Shatner and Lake Bell. It featured a storyline with Larry Miller as Edwin Poole. Monica Potter was later cast as junior partner Lori Colson and René Auberjonois as senior partner Paul Lewiston, the pilot premiered on ABC on October 3,2004. On November 30,2004, it was announced that Candice Bergen would join the cast as senior partner Shirley Schmidt, Lake Bell left the series mid-season, and René Auberjonois was promoted to main cast member. Anthony Heald and Betty White also made regular guest appearances, having appeared as the same characters on The Practice. The success of Greys Anatomy placed Boston Legal on hold until autumn 2005, both Rhona Mitra and Monica Potter left the series during the hiatus, while Julie Bowen was cast as Denise Bauer. Ryan Michelle Bathe and Justin Mentell were later cast as junior associates Sara Holt, the second episode of Season 3 introduced Craig Bierko as Jeffrey Coho and Constance Zimmer as Claire Simms. In Episode 11, guest star Gary Anthony Williams joined the cast, on June 4,2007, TV Guide announced that René Auberjonois, Julie Bowen, Mark Valley, and Constance Zimmer would not return for Season 4. Christian Clemenson, who had guest-starred occasionally as Jerry Espenson – was promoted to main cast, production also stated that René Auberjonois, Mark Valley, Julie Bowen, and Constance Zimmer may return in guest roles. Burrows later became a full-time cast member, on May 13,2008, ABC announced that Boston Legal would return for a fifth season in the fall. Saffron Burrows did not return as a regular, having joined the cast of My Own Worst Enemy. The final season consisted of 13 episodes to reach the 100 episode mark, there was speculation that Boston Legal might receive an additional episode-order if the show had another strong showing in the Emmy Awards and produced solid ratings in its new fall time slot. The season began airing on September 22,2008, on June 18 and June 20,2008, it was reported that Gary Anthony Williams and Taraji P. Henson would not return for Season 5 as Clarence Bell and Whitney Rome, respectively. On July 17,2008, Boston Legal was nominated for a series-high seven Emmy nominations, Spader, Bergen, and Shatner were each nominated for their respective roles

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Monk (TV series)
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Monk is an American comedy-drama detective mystery television series created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as the eponymous character, Adrian Monk. It originally ran from 2002 to 2009 and is primarily a police procedural series, the series was produced by Mandeville Films and Touchstone Television in association with Universal Television. The series debuted on July 12,2002, on USA Network and it continued for eight seasons, with the final season concluding on December 4,2009. Adrian Monk was a brilliant detective for the San Francisco Police Department until his wife, Trudy, was killed by a car bomb in a parking garage, in a later episode, he discovers the bomb was truly meant for Trudy. He later believes that Trudys death was part of a conspiracy that she had uncovered during her time as a journalist. Trudys death led Monk to suffer a nervous breakdown and he was then discharged from the force and became a recluse, refusing to leave his house for three and a half years. Until the final episode, Trudys death was Monks only unsolved case and he is finally able to leave the house with the help of his nurse, Sharona Fleming. Monks compulsive habits are numerous, and a number of phobias compound his situation, Monk has 312 fears, some of which are milk, ladybugs, harmonicas, heights, imperfection, claustrophobia, driving, food touching on his plates, messes and risk. He however had a breakthrough from claustrophobia later in the series, the OCPD and plethora of phobias inevitably lead to very awkward situations and cause problems for Monk and anyone around him as he investigates cases. These same personal struggles, particularly the OCPD, are what aid him in solving cases, such as his memory, specific mindset. In one episode entitled Mr. Monk and His Biggest Fan, in another episode, he tries to conquer his fears by doing various activities which involved his phobias. Captain Leland Stottlemeyer and Lieutenant Randy Disher call on Monk when they have trouble with an investigation, Stottlemeyer is often irritated by Monks behavior but respects his friend and former colleagues amazing insight and observational abilities, as does Disher. Ever since childhood, Monks obsessive attention to detail allowed him to spot tiny discrepancies, find patterns, something someone says or does usually triggers Monk to make the connection. In his spare time, Monk continues to search for information about his wifes death and he dedicates his life to solving other murders because he feels this is fixing disorder in the world. He becomes especially intrigued when a woman is killed, or when someone is killed with some type of bomb, because this reminds him of Trudys murder. In the middle of three, Sharona decides to remarry her ex-husband and move back to New Jersey, prompting Mr. Monk to hire Natalie Teeger as his new assistant. Natalie is a widow and mother of a daughter, Julie. Monk discovers Natalie when she is involved in a murder case herself, in Mr. Monk, Monk has a brother Ambrose and a half-brother, Jack, Jr. whom Monk never knew about until his father tells him in season five

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Curb Your Enthusiasm
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Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy television series produced and broadcast by HBO that premiered on October 15,2000. The series was created by Larry David, who stars as a version of himself. The series follows Larry in his life as a television writer and producer in Los Angeles. Also starring are Cheryl Hines as his wife, Cheryl, Jeff Garlin as his manager, Jeff, Curb Your Enthusiasm often features guest stars, and many of these appearances are by celebrities playing versions of themselves fictionalized to varying degrees. The plots and subplots of the episodes are established in a written by David. The character has a hard time letting such annoyances go unexpressed, the series was developed from a 1999 one-hour special, Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm, which David and HBO originally envisioned as a one-time project. The special was shot as a mockumentary, where the characters were aware of the presence of cameras, the series itself is not a mock documentary but is shot in a somewhat similar, cinéma vérité-like style. Curb Your Enthusiasm has received critical acclaim and has grown in popularity since its debut. It has been nominated for 38 Primetime Emmy Awards, and Robert B, weide received an Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for the episode Krazee Eyez Killa. The show won the 2002 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy, after season eight finished in 2011, the series went on an indefinite hiatus. In June 2016, after an absence, it was announced the series would return for a ninth season. The series stars Larry David as a fictionalized version of himself. Like the real-life David, the character is known in the entertainment industry as the co-creator. For most of the series, the Larry David character is living a life in Los Angeles with his wife. Davids main confidant on the show is his manager, Jeff Greene, a large portion of the shows many guest stars are celebrities and public figures, such as actors, comedians, sportspeople, and politicians, who play themselves. These include Davids longtime friend Richard Lewis as well as Ted Danson and his wife, Mary Steenburgen, the show is set and filmed in various affluent Westside communities of Los Angeles, as well as in the adjacent cities of Beverly Hills, Culver City and Santa Monica. Davids hometown of New York City is also featured in some episodes, most of the series revolves around Davids interactions with his friends and acquaintances, with David often at odds with the other characters, usually to his detriment. Despite this, the characters do not seem to harbor ill feelings toward each other for any extended period, and this conflicts with his dry style

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The Mentalist
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The Mentalist is an American police drama/mystery television series that ran from September 23,2008 until February 18,2015, broadcasting 151 episodes over seven seasons, on CBS. The show was created by Bruno Heller, who is also its executive producer, on May 10,2014, CBS renewed the series for a 13-episode seventh season which premiered on November 30,2014 and later announced it as the final season. The series follows Patrick Jane, an independent consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation based in Sacramento, California. Although not an officer of the law, he uses his skills from his career as a successful, yet admittedly fraudulent. Before the murders, Jane had a career as a con man, successfully posing as a psychic medium. Five years before the events in the pilot episode, he appeared on television to claim that his paranormal abilities helped the police profile a serial killer named Red John. Red John, angered by the slight, murdered Janes wife. Jane subsequently abandoned his career and teamed with the CBI, using his skills to help solve various crimes. His main focus is on the cases involving Red John or Red John copycats and his associates at the CBI include their boss, Teresa Lisbon, and colleagues Wayne Rigsby who is married to Grace Van Pelt, and Kimball Cho. Various directors and recurring civilians come across as the show unfolds, including Sam Bosco and Gale Bertram, as the show progresses, the focus shifts from general cases through Seasons 1 to 3, to solely catching Red John, through Seasons 4 &5. At the midpoint of Season 6, the Red John case is solved, the FBI steps in, closing the CBI, the show often set episodes based on fictional locales with names like Salinger Mill and Rancho Rosa. Like the majority of American television shows, The Mentalist was mostly filmed within the zone in Los Angeles County. The structure used to represent the CBI headquarters in Sacramento is the back of the Pico House in downtown Los Angeles. On October 15,2008, CBS ordered the first season of The Mentalist, TNT began syndicating The Mentalist in the fall of 2011. In November 2013, it was confirmed that Amanda Righetti and Owain Yeoman would be leaving after season six concluded, in the season 7 episode Orange Blossom Ice Cream, scenes set in Beirut were filmed in Los Angeles and supplemented by freelance footage of Beirut by Michael Timney. The first season of The Mentalist received mostly positive reviews, with critics being divided on the procedural format, on Metacritic, season one has a score of 65/100, indicating generally favorable reviews. Matthew Gilbert of The Boston Globe said the CBS show has very little dramatic heft or distinction, Gilbert also praised the chemistry between Baker and Tunney, but criticized the crime cases, feeling they were predictable and at times uninteresting. Mary McNamara of The Los Angeles Times praised Baker as virtually irresistible, for that you need complicated, interesting crimes and complicated, interesting characters solving them

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Body of Proof
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Body of Proof is an American medical drama television series that ran on ABC from March 29,2011, to May 28,2013, and starred Dana Delany as medical examiner Dr. Megan Hunt. The series was created by Chris Murphey and produced by ABC Studios, the show was canceled by ABC after three seasons. The series stars Dana Delany as Dr. Megan Hunt, a medical examiner, Hunt was a top-flight neurosurgeon, until she had a life-changing automobile accident and then accidentally killed a patient on the operating table. This resulted in her resignation, and retirement from the profession altogether, though set in Philadelphia, the first season of Body of Proof was filmed in Providence, Rhode Island and some other locations including Woonsocket and Warwick, Rhode Island. The Medical Examiners office is actually the GTECH HQ / Providence Warwick Visitors Bureau, the series was originally titled Body of Evidence but was later renamed Body of Proof. It was announced that the season of the show would be filmed in Los Angeles to take advantage of a $7 million tax credit. While filming, real life technical advisers made sure that the procedures were correct, jeri Ryan said, Weve got technical advisers that will be with us on set, so we can keep all of the science realistic. However, following the cancellations of Thursday night drama My Generation and Wednesday night drama The Whole Truth. The series premiered Tuesday, March 29,2011, at 10,00 pm Eastern/9,00 pm Central, the last of its nine first season episodes aired May 17,2011, four days after ABC renewed the series for a second season. The shows second season ran from September 20,2011, to April 20,2012, on May 11,2012, ABC officially renewed Body of Proof for a third season of 13 episodes. Season 3 premiered on Tuesday, February 19,2013, at 10,00 pm Eastern/9,00 pm Central, on May 10,2013, in spite of improved ratings, Body of Proof was canceled by ABC after three seasons. Immediately after the news, there were reports that the series might be picked up by a cable television network, with TNT, USA Network. On May 23,2013, a representative for ABC Studios confirmed that Body of Proof would not move to a new network. On October 23,2013, it was reported that the show may be revived for a season by ABC due to much of the broadcasters new slate under-performing. On November 11,2013, Dana Delany confirmed that Body of Proof would not return for another season, in Canada, Body of Proof is on City, simulcast with the ABC broadcast. The series premiered in Italy on January 25,2011, on the pay TV channel Fox Life, after the Italian world premiere, Body of Proof was scheduled to debut in other European countries before the American start. In Russia, the series premiered on February 7,2011, Body of Proof is exactly that. A stand-out show that promises to be a hit in the US, Body of Proof means more premium and exclusive content for the channel –

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The CW
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Entertainment division of Time Warner, former majority owner of The WB Television Network. The CW name is a derived from the first letters of the names of its two parent corporations. The network made its debut on September 18,2006, after its two predecessors, UPN and The WB, respectively ceased independent operations on September 15 and 17 of that year. The CWs first two nights of programming – on September 18 and 19,2006 – consisted of reruns, the CW marked its formal launch date on September 20,2006, with the two-hour premiere of the seventh cycle of Americas Next Top Model. As of 2008, the programming lineup was intended to appeal mainly to women between the ages of 18 and 34, although starting in 2011 the network increased in programming that appeal to men. The CW is also available in Mexico through affiliates located near the Mexico–U. S, in both countries, some CW affiliates are receivable over-the-air in border areas depending on the stations signal coverage. UPN and The WB both began just as the Fox network had started to secure a foothold with American television audiences, the two networks launched to limited fanfare and generally mediocre to poor results. However, over the subsequent 11 1⁄2 seasons, both were able to air several series that became quite popular, in the eleven years that UPN and The WB were in operation, the two networks lost a combined $2 billion. CBS chairman Leslie Moonves explained that the name of the new network was formed from the first letters of CBS and Warner Bros, joking, like both UPN and The WB, The CW targets its programming towards younger audiences. CBS and Time Warner hoped that combining their networks schedules and affiliate lineups would strengthen The CW into a major broadcast network. The CW launched with a premiere special/launch party from the CBS-produced Entertainment Tonight at Warner Bros, when Top Model made its network premiere on September 20,2006, The CW scored a 3.4 rating/5 share in the Nielsen household ratings. It scored a 2.6 rating among Adults 18–49, finishing fourth in that age demographic, on May 9,2008, The CW announced that it would lease its Sunday lineup to production company Media Rights Capital. With no first-run programming available to run on Sundays as a backup, the network added reruns of The Drew Carey Show and Jericho, the CW has generally struggled in the Nielsen ratings since its inception, primarily placing fifth in all statistics tabulated by Nielsen. On several occasions, The CW has even been outrated by Spanish language network Univision and this had led to speculation within the industry that CBS, Time Warner or both companies could abandon the venture if ratings did not improve. Executives with CBS Corporation and Time Warner also emphasized their commitment to the network and this, in turn, resulted in the discontinuance of the Sunday late afternoon repeat block that The CW inherited from The WB through its use of the predecessor networks scheduling model. Maatta began reporting to Pedowitz as a result of the appointment as network president. Pedowitz revealed that the target demographic of the network would not change. The network also ordered more episodes of its series and ran them consecutively through the first week of December, starting on September 12

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Hidden Palms
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Hidden Palms is an American teen drama television series that ran from May 30 until July 4,2007, on The CW in the United States. It was canceled after eight first-run episodes, the series, created by Kevin Williamson, portrays the fictional lives of a group of teenagers and their families residing in Palm Springs, California. In the US there are no plans to release Hidden Palms on DVD and/or Blu-ray from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. But in the Netherlands the entire series was released on DVD by RCV Entertainment in the summer of 2009, the series, produced by Lionsgate Television, began production in late 2006 with the tentative title Palm Springs. The pilot episode was leaked onto the Internet before the series premiered. The series eventually premiered on The CW on May 30,2007 at 8,00 pm Eastern/7,00 pm Central. It was announced on June 12,2007, that Hidden Palms would wrap up two weeks earlier on the CW, which would stop rebroadcasting it on Sundays. Because of the labor costs of filming in Palm Springs, California, Hidden Palms was actually filmed at a studio in Avondale. In the promos, mountains are shown in many clips, however, parts of the pilot episode were filmed in Palm Springs, including downtown Palm Springs. Hidden Palms premiered on The CW in the United States on May 30,2007, the Nine Network in Australia has acquired the rights to broadcast it. During production, the episode number was lowered to 8. As of May 31,2007, the show had a score of 45% based on 22 reviews at Metacritic. Linda Stasi of the New York Post called it the best rich kid show to appear on TV since that other California show died, diane Werts of Newsday said the show is enough to make me forgive The CWs entire sorry first season. However, there was also negative reception of the show, mike Duffy of the Detroit Free Press said the show is luridly derivative and that theres nothing remotely hip about it. Charlie McCollum of the San Jose Mercury News said the show spends far too much time exploring the whiny angst of the teens. Tom Shales of The Washington Post said of the show, youre likely to find more fascinating figures, Hidden Palms at the Internet Movie Database Hidden Palms at Metacritic Hidden Palms at TV. com

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Izzie Stevens
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Isobel Katherine Izzie Stevens, M. D. is a fictional character from the medical drama television series Greys Anatomy, which airs on the American Broadcasting Company in the United States. The character was created by series producer Shonda Rhimes, and was portrayed by actress Katherine Heigl from 2005 to 2010, Heigl was critical of the characters development during the shows fourth season, particularly her romance with George. She declined to put forward for the 2008 Emmy Awards. After speculation that Izzie would be killed off in the fifth season and she married Alex in the series one-hundredth episode, and afterwards, her tumor was successfully removed. Izzie made her appearance in the sixth season, leaving Seattle after Alex ended their relationship. Heigl requested to be released from her contract 18 months early, Izzie appears in the first episode of Greys Anatomy, meeting fellow interns Meredith Grey, Cristina Yang, Alex Karev, and George OMalley. She and George move in with Meredith and become best friends, Izzies boyfriend, hockey player Hank, struggles to accept her new role as a surgeon, and the two break up. Izzie is hurt when Alex exposes her past as a lingerie model, however, the two later go on to begin a friendship and then a romance. Alex experiences sexual dysfunction with Izzie and cheats on her with nurse Olivia Harper, when Izzie finds out, she breaks up with him, though they briefly reunite following a bomb incident at the hospital. Izzie reveals while treating a pregnant teenager that she had a daughter at the age of 16, Izzie falls in love with cardiothoracic patient Denny Duquette, and the two become engaged. When Dennys condition deteriorates, Izzie deliberately worsens his health further by cutting his LVAD wire to move him up the donor register, although Denny receives a new heart, he has a stroke hours later and dies. Izzie is the beneficiary of Dennys will, inheriting $8.7 million. She uses the money to open a clinic at the hospital. Izzie disapproves of Georges relationship and marriage to orthopedic resident Callie Torres and she and George sleep together, and attempt to keep their liaison a secret. George and resident Miranda Bailey are the people aware that Izzie gave birth to a daughter at the age of sixteen. He supports Izzie when her daughter Hannah, diagnosed with leukemia, Izzies feelings for George grow, and she reveals that she has fallen in love with him. When Callie discovers George has been unfaithful, the two separate, and George and Izzie embark on a relationship, only to discover there is no real chemistry between them. Izzie supports Alex when he discovers his new girlfriend has psychiatric problems and she is also handed primary responsibility for the clinic, as Bailey cuts back on her responsibilities

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Grey's Anatomy
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Greys Anatomy is an American medical drama television series that premiered on American Broadcasting Company as a mid-season replacement on March 27,2005. The series focuses on the lives of surgical interns, residents and attending physicians, as they evolve into seasoned doctors while trying to maintain personal lives. The title is a play on Grays Anatomy, a human anatomy textbook by Henry Gray. The shows premise originated with Shonda Rhimes, who serves as a producer, along with Betsy Beers, Mark Gordon, Krista Vernoff, Rob Corn, Mark Wilding. Although it is set in Seattle at the fictional Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital it is filmed in Los Angeles. The show was originally titled Complications, a reference to the complicated medical procedures, the series was created to be racially diverse, utilizing a color-blind casting technique. It revolves around the title character Dr. Meredith Grey played by Ellen Pompeo. The original cast consisted of nine star-billed actors, Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers, T. R. Knight, Chandra Wilson, James Pickens Jr. Isaiah Washington and Patrick Dempsey. The cast has undergone changes through the shows run, with many members leaving and being replaced by others. In its twelfth season, the show had an ensemble of sixteen actors. On February 10,2017, ABC renewed Greys Anatomy for a fourteenth season,3 drama on all of broadcast. Greys Anatomy has been received by critics throughout much of its run. Since its inception, the show has been described by the media outlets as a television phenomena or a juggernaut, owing to its longevity and dominant ratings. It is considered to have had a significant impact on culture and has received numerous awards. It has received multiple Emmy nominations, including two for Outstanding Drama Series, in 2012, Greys Anatomy was named the fifth-highest revenue earning show, in terms of advertising per half-hour. It is the longest running scripted primetime show airing on ABC. The series follows Meredith Grey, the daughter of a general surgeon named Ellis Grey. The residents are joined by Jackson Avery and April Kepner, former Mercy-West residents who join Seattle Grace following an administrative merger in the sixth season

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One Tree Hill (TV series)
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One Tree Hill is an American television drama series created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23,2003 on The WB. After the series season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW, and since September 27,2006. Most of the filming took place in and around Wilmington, North Carolina, many of the scenes were shot near the battleship USS North Carolina and on the University of North Carolina Wilmington campus. The first four seasons of the focus on the main characters lives through their high school years. The opening credits were accompanied by the song I Dont Want to Be by Gavin DeGraw. The credits then consisted only of the title written on a black background, the theme was restored for season 8, in response to audience demand, and was sung by different artists each week. The series premiered to 2.5 million viewers and rose to 3.3 million in its second week, becoming one of only three shows to rise in their second episode during the 2003–2004 television season. Season one went on to average 3.5 million viewers, and the season was the highest rated in the series, averaging 4.3 million viewers weekly. The series received numerous nominations, winning two Teen Choice Awards. The show is notable for being one of the occasions for a teen drama where no episodes dipped below one million viewes. On May 12,2009, it was confirmed that Murray and Hilarie Burton had declined to return for the seventh season and their characters had been two of the five main protagonists, and had provided one of its central love stories, throughout the show. On May 17,2011, The CW renewed One Tree Hill for a ninth and final season, bethany Joy Lenz and Sophia Bush were signed as full-time regulars for one final season, and Lafferty appeared as a part-time regular. Murray returned for an appearance during the final season, which premiered on January 11,2012. The show is the fourth longest running series on The CW network, or the networks that came together to make it up, only behind Smallville, Supernatural, the series concluded on April 4,2012. The main storyline in the seasons is the relationship between two half-brothers, Lucas and Nathan Scott, who start out as enemies but bond as the show progresses. In the pilot episode, Lucas obtains a place in the Tree Hill Ravens with the help of his uncle Keith, Nathan, the head of the team, takes a dislike to Lucas, and this becomes the basis of their rivalry. Lucass romantic interest in Nathans girlfriend Peyton Sawyer also strengthens their feud, Peytons best friend Brooke Davis tries to date Lucas, and Nathan attempts to date Lucass best friend Haley James. He had a high school romance with Karen, resulting in Lucass birth, leaving Karen, he married Deb, and the couple bore Nathan

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Austin Nichols
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Austin Nichols is an American actor and director, known for his role as Julian Baker in The CW drama series One Tree Hill. He is also known for his roles in the films The Day After Tomorrow and he starred as John Monad in the HBO drama series John from Cincinnati, and portrayed Spencer Monroe in the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead. Nichols was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and moved to Austin and he was named after the Austin Nichols distilling company, producers of Wild Turkey bourbon. His father, David Nichols, is a radiologist, and his mother, Kay was a national champion ten times and an international champion once. He has one sister, Ashley. Nichols was raised near Lake Austin and attended Casis Elementary School, Nichols began competitive water skiing from the age of two. He represented the United States junior water ski team in the Pan-American Championships in 1997, at age thirteen, he was ranked third in the world. Nichols had intended to become a water skier until he injured his shoulder in Florida. While at McCallum High School in Austin, he played basketball but was absolutely awful, Nichols interest in acting was sparked when he was fifteen and began to take acting lessons. He moved to Los Angeles after high school and his acting career began when he gate-crashed a party at the Sundance Film Festival and was signed by a manager. He had previously appeared in two films, Durango Kids in 1999 and Holiday in the Sun in 2001, One critic wrote that Nichols transforms himself from a cardboard jock and frat boy caricature to a likeable vulnerable human being with surprising sensibilities. Aguirre commended Nichols as a stellar talent able to play his character with total abandon to self ego, in 2004, Nichols was cast as J. D. an intelligent rich kid and romantic rival to Jake Gyllenhaals main character in the environmental blockbuster, The Day After Tomorrow. The film received negative reviews but was a box office success, also in 2004, he appeared in Wimbledon, opposite Kirsten Dunst and Paul Bettany. The film was received by critics, though it was only a mild success at the U. S. box office. Nichols acting as Jake Hammond, an arrogant tennis pro, was described as effectively unlikeable, for the role, Nichols had to learn tennis from scratch, he was trained to look professional by Pat Cash, who was taken aback by Nichols skill. Cash observed, Its absolutely as good as anybodys on the circuit and he hits it like a bullet. By the end of their training, Nichols and Bettany were able to have rallies and play points, after this success, Nichols then had a minor role in an obscure and panned 2005 film, Thanks to Gravity. Nichols followed this with short guest spots on episodes of Pasadena and Surface, before being cast in a successful 2006 film, Glory Road

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Sophia Bush
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Sophia Anna Bush is an American actress, director, spokesperson, and activist. She starred in The WB/CW drama series One Tree Hill, where she played Brooke Davis from 2003 to 2012 and she is known for her film roles in John Tucker Must Die, The Hitcher, and The Narrows. In 2014, she began starring in the NBC police procedural drama series Chicago P. D. as Det, Bush was born in Pasadena, California, the only child of Maureen and Charles William Bush. Her mother runs a studio, and her father is an advertising. She graduated from Westridge School for Girls in 2000, where she was a member of the volleyball team, at Westridge, she was required to participate in the theatre arts program. Bush stated, Part of my schools requirement was to do a play, I was really irritated because I wanted to play volleyball and I had to go and do this play. But there was a moment after the performance when I realized I had gone, I thought, If I could do this for the rest of my life, I am set. It was like love at first sight, at age 17, Bush was named the Tournament of Roses Parade Queen. She attended the University of Southern California as a major until her junior year. Bush made her first big screen appearance in the 2002 film National Lampoons Van Wilder opposite Ryan Reynolds, following this, she made appearances in several television shows, including Nip/Tuck, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, and the HBO film Point of Origin. In 2003, Bush was cast as Kate Brewster in Terminator 3, Rise of the Machines, jonathan Mostow, the director of the film, stated that he had replaced her as he felt she was too young for the role, but praised her talent as an actress. In 2003, Bush landed the role of Brooke Davis in the WB television series One Tree Hill, throughout the series, her character evolved from a trouble-making vixen to a fiercely loyal friend. After Bush gained mainstream fame, she became a spokesperson for high-profile brands and she has posed on the cover of several mainstream magazines such as Entertainment Weekly, Lucky, Maxim, Glamour, InStyle, and Zooey Magazine. She has also had endorsement deals, such as for Ocean Pacific clothing. Bush and her One Tree Hill co-stars were endorsers for MasterCard, Kmart, Chevy Cobalt and she directed three episodes of the series, including the penultimate episode of the ninth and final season. In July 2006, Bush co-starred in the 20th Century Fox comedy film John Tucker Must Die, directed by Betty Thomas, opposite Brittany Snow, the film was a commercial success, grossing over $60 million worldwide. That same year, she starred in Buena Vista Pictures supernatural thriller Stay Alive alongside Jon Foster, Frankie Muniz. The film, the first to be released by Hollywood Pictures in five years and she played Grace Andrews in the 2007 remake of the classic horror film The Hitcher, starring opposite Sean Bean

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Drop Dead Diva
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Drop Dead Diva is an American legal comedy-drama/fantasy television series that aired on Lifetime from July 12,2009, to June 22,2014. The series was created by Josh Berman and produced by Sony Pictures Television and it stars Brooke Elliott as Jane, an overweight lawyer whose body is inhabited by the soul of a fashion model. On October 25,2013, Lifetime renewed the series for a season, which premiered on March 23,2014. The series revolves around vapid aspiring model, Deborah Deb Dobkins, as her soul enters the gates of Heaven, she finds herself being judged by a gatekeeper named Fred. As a result of her shallowness, Fred declares her a zero-zero, since she has performed good deeds. Jane is the complete opposite of Deb, she is brilliant, hard-working, charitable, Deb finds that Jane also works in the same law firm, Harrison-Parker, as Debs fiancé Grayson Kent. After immediately telling her best friend, Stacy Barrett, of her predicament, however, Fred’s assignment as Deb’s guardian angel serves as punishment for letting her leave heaven. His purpose on Earth is to prevent Deb from telling Grayson the truth, Deb struggles to learn more about her inherited life, learning lessons about self-esteem and personal acceptance. Eventually, the real Jane Bingum reappears in another body after having pressed the return key, leading Deb to finally reveal the truth to Grayson. Grayson, after grieving and moving on from Debs passing, becomes conflicted, in addition to working with Grayson at the law firm, Deb also contends with her professional rival, Kim Kaswell, who briefly dates Grayson after Debs passing. Brooke Elliott as Jane Bingum, a brilliant, hardworking attorney with a flair for fashion, margaret Cho as Teri Lee, Janes assistant. April Bowlby as Stacy Barrett, Janes/Debs longtime best friend and roommate, kate Levering as Kim Kaswell, Janes coworker and frenemy. Jackson Hurst as Grayson Kent, Janes closest colleague and Debs former boyfriend, Josh Stamberg as Jay Parker, Janes former boss. Lex Medlin as Owen French, Janes ex-fiancé, later Stacys fiancé and father of her twins, carter MacIntyre as Luke Daniels, Jane/Debs 2nd guardian angel. Justin Deeley as Paul, Jane/Debs 3rd and current guardian angel, ben Feldman as Fred, Jane/Debs original guardian angel. D. A. Drop Dead Diva was originally planned for Fox, but the studio passed after seeing the script, afterward, Lifetime stepped in and ordered the script to pilot. According to Berman, Its a cross between Freaky Friday and Heaven Can Wait, calling it a life-affirming dramedy and he adds that in Hollywood, beauty has been defined as size 2 and under 25, hopefully we can help redefine the paradigm. Filming originally took place in Georgia for tax incentives, on January 15,2013, Lifetime announced that despite the cliffhanger at the end of Season 4, that would be the final season of Drop Dead Diva

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Sasha Alexander
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Suzana S. Drobnjaković Ponti, known by her stage name Sasha Alexander, is an American actress. She played Gretchen Witter on Dawsons Creek and has acted in films including Yes Man, Alexander played Caitlin Todd for the first two seasons of NCIS. From July 2010 through September 2016, Alexander starred as Maura Isles in the TNT series Rizzoli & Isles, Sasha Alexander, of ethnic Serbian descent, was born Suzana S. Drobnjaković in Los Angeles, California. She began acting in productions in the seventh grade. She was also an ice skater, but stopped due to a knee injury and she continued acting through high school and college, then moved to New York City to act in summer stock and Shakespeare festivals. She graduated from the University of Southern Californias School of Cinema-Television, Alexander got her acting start on two short-lived series, the medical drama Presidio Med and ABCs twenty-something drama Wasteland. She achieved widespread attention and critical praise when she appeared in the fourth season of Dawsons Creek as Gretchen Witter, the sister of Pacey Witter. Alexander was also in an episode of the short-lived Fox comedy series Greg the Bunny, in which she played the role of a lesbian TV Guide reporter and shared an onscreen kiss with Sarah Silverman. Alexander also appeared in the films Lucky 13 and All Over the Guy, as well as Hes Just Not That Into You, the independent movie The Last Lullaby and she also appeared as District Attorney Robin Childs in the CSI episode Alter Boys. Alexander joined NCIS as Secret Service/NCIS Special Agent Caitlin Kate Todd in 2003 and she replaced Vivian Blackadder played by Robyn Lively, who only appeared in the back-door pilot episodes, Ice Queen and Meltdown on JAG. The official pilot episode Yankee White aired September 23,2003, the official explanation for the actresss departure was that she asked to be let out of her contract to pursue other opportunities. In her final appearances in the Kill Ari two-parter, Alexander was credited as a special guest star, Alexander reappeared as Todd in a what if scenario with Anthony DiNozzo for the NCIS 200th episode Life Before His Eyes in 2012. She also had a role in 2006s Mission, Impossible III. She joined the cast of The Nine in the role of Nicks ex-wife, from 2010, Alexander played Dr. Maura Isles for seven seasons on the TNT series Rizzoli & Isles – the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Chief Medical Examiner, who works with the Boston Police Department. Alexander costarred with Angie Harmon, who played Boston Homicide Detective Jane Rizzoli, in 2015, Alexander began a recurring role on Showtimes Shameless portraying Helene Runyon, one of Lip Gallaghers college professors. Her character Helene maintains a relationship with her husband Theo which allows her to sleep with Lip. The relationship between Helene and Lip is both romantic and one which provides him with guidance in his career, but the affair blows-up in season six. On September 18,1999, Alexander married Luka Pecel, on August 11,2007, Alexander married director Edoardo Ponti, son of actress Sophia Loren and the late film producer Carlo Ponti, in Geneva, Switzerland

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TNT (U.S. TV network)
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TNT is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner. As of July 2015, TNT is available to approximately 94.259 million cable, satellite and telco households in the United States. The channel launched at 8 p. m. Eastern Time on October 3,1988 with a performance of The Star Spangled Banner. Its inaugural telecast was the 1939 classic film Gone with the Wind and it was said that the movie was chosen as the channels first program because it was Turners favorite movie. It would also serve as the first program aired on sister channel Turner Classic Movies, incidentally, Gone With the Wind had its premiere held in Atlanta, Georgia, Turners hometown and the headquarters of the channels corporate parent, Turner Broadcasting System. The city served as the setting for the film, TNT was initially a vehicle for older movies and television shows, but slowly began to add original programming and newer reruns. At one point, Monday Nitro was regularly the highest-rated weekly program on cable television, the program beat Monday Night Raw, the flagship show of the World Wrestling Federation, in the ratings for 83 consecutive weeks from 1996 to 1998. The channel was known for its late night programming. One such program was MonsterVision, a Saturday night B movie showcase that aired from 1993 to 2000 It featured a Godzilla movie marathon at the end of every month. This running joke culminated in a Friday the 13th all-night Halloween marathon in 1998, the Rudy and Gogo World Famous Cartoon Show, which ran from 1995 to 1997, was an original childrens program on the channel featuring classic Warner Bros. MGM, and Popeye shorts, hosted by a pair of a marionette. In 1998, TNT dropped all of its cartoons, relegating those shows to Cartoon Network. Most of the series and shorts that were dropped would also serve as the core of Boomerang. During the 1990s, TNT scheduled an afternoon block that included Due South, Kung Fu, The Legend Continues, Lois & Clark, The New Adventures of Superman. In 1998, TNT took over production of the fifth and final season of Babylon 5 from the Prime Time Entertainment Network after the syndication block ceased operations. The following year, TNT produced the Babylon 5 spinoff series Crusade, in 2001, TNT debuted what became its most successful original series at the time, Witchblade, which ran for two seasons, ending in 2002. On June 12,2001, TNT underwent a rebrand, with the introduction of a new logo designed by Trollbäck + Company as well as a new slogan. The slogan emphasized the new focus on dramatic programming, including sports and off-network syndicated dramas such as Law & Order, NYPD Blue, ER

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, also known as UNC, UNC Chapel Hill or simply Carolina, is a public …

Panoramic image of the main quad

Franklin Street forms the northern border of main campus and contains many popular restaurants and shops. In addition, it serves as a focal point for cultural events including Halloween festivities and major basketball victory rallies.

The Old Well, a symbol of the university, stands at the heart of campus.

An artistic rendition of the actual Milky Way galaxy, overlaid with the fictional quadrant system of the Star Trek universe and the location of certain species. Voyager had to make its way from above where the Kazon species is located back to Earth; this journey is a major plot element in the show